Urban Environmental Landscape

Dieter Grau

Urban environmental landscape is a very important component of the city, it can not only add the aesthetic feeling of the city, but also have the effect on keeping the relationship between man and nature. Our book Urban Environmental Landscape selected several excellent urban landscape design projects all over the world, presents the masterpieces on four aspects--public park design, public plaza design, water front public open space design and urban street design. For each part, we selected the nice cases with the newest design standards to make the readers know better of landscape design.

Designing A Vision is a captivating and inspiring close-up of Janice Parker’s practice, namely her creative process and prodigious output of incredible works spanning more than three decades. Janice has extensive hands-on experience in every facet of landscape and design—so she intimately understands how it all works. As a result, the work depicted in Designing A Vision is realistic, and inspiring. Containing first-hand accounts of Janice’s experience and practice, this beautiful volume is replete with case studies, anecdotes and insights. Verdant photography augments an incredible number of color renderings, watercolors, inspiring artworks, illustrations and plans.

ISBN: 9781864707021

Dimensions: 304.8mm x 241.3mm

Page Count: 262

Publication Date: Feb 2017

Colour: Full Colour

Since creating Janice Parker Landscape Architects in 1984, Janice has cultivated the firm to one of national prominence. Janice Parker Landscape Architects has conceptualized and directed innovative landscape architecture for national private and public clients across the United States. The firm has established a reputation for conceiving, planning, and installing thoughtful landscapes, and is dedicated to excellent design, full documentation, and project coordination. Under her guidance, the firm has been honored with multiple awards, including the 2012 National Palladio Award for Landscape Architecture and the 2015 Professional Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Her firm’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Veranda, The Washington Post Online, HGTV.com, Equestrian Quarterly, Period Homes, Robb Report, New Old House, The New York Observer Online, Curbed NY, Style Beat, Metropolitan Home, Interior Design, Vogue, and Luxe Interiors + Design—to name a few. Janice’s notable career has embodied the essence of mentoring, teaching, and volunteering. She chose the unique journey of gaining her landscape architecture license through independent training, practical experience and mentorship from other respected professionals in the field of design.

“Janice Parker has put her spectacular talents to work on behalf of all New Yorkers through her service to the city’s community gardens and Million Trees NYC program. Now, with this book, her extraordinary eye for beauty is on display for all the world to see. Her reverence for the art of nature is equaled only by her passion for the creativity of design, and the combination is both amazing and inspiring.” — Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and mayor of New York City, 2002–2013

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“I know Janice Parker as the dedicated and determined landscape architect who helped The New York Restoration Project launch Million Trees NYC by designing The Cherry Tree Project, the beautiful installation that transformed Harlem River Drive in New York City.” “After reading this book, you too will be ready to go out and plant trees—with a greater understanding of the process and creative spirit that guides innovative and extraordinary landscapes. The passion and love Janice has for the natural world and design comes through on every page, with a unique blend of stunning photographs, art, design and most important, the clear-eyed principles that help produce great landscape and gardens.”—Bette Midler

Paths,Tracks and Trails: Designing for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Walking and cycling are becoming a fashionable lifestyle both as a low-impact exercise and a healthy means of travel.

There is ever-growing demand for the construction of pedestrian and cyclist paths internationally, and it’s the rate of growth that highlights new challenges, as well as opportunities, for landscape designers. This book showcases several exciting design projects of pedestrian and cyclist paths across a range of environments, from cities to local communities, urban areas to larger national parks. This book addresses how the issues of connectivity and urban public space are common across different cultural and geographic settings. At the same time, solutions differ in response to the character of individual sites and their context within an urban or natural landscape setting. The highly illustrated projects demonstrate a commitment to creative design to produce new public spaces that are not only functional, but provide opportunities for people to move easily through them and interact with the surrounding urban and natural environments. The book includes an informative design guide and a set of criteria that should provide strong reference materials in the evolving landscape realm of developing sustainable, green infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists.

This comprehensive study is a must-have publication for landscape architects, urban design professionals, town planners, students and educators in the urban design fields.

ISBN: 9781864706567

Dimensions: 300mm x 240mm

Page Count: 272

Publication Date: May 2016

Colour: Full Colour

Paolo Ceccon graduated as an architect from the Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV), in Venice, where he conducts research. He specialized in urban design of cities for his Masters in Urbanism in the Escola Técnica Superior D'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB). From 2005 to 2013 he was a visiting professor in landscape architecture at the IUAV, and he teaches “Public Spaces” and “Architectural Design” at the Department ICEA of the University of Padua. Since 2009 he is a visiting professor in Masters in Landscape Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) in Barcelona. Since 2011 he is professor at the summer workshop for the Masters of Landscape Architecture at UPC (ACMA-UPC), in Lisbon. He recently wrote for Quodlibet Journal editions, namely “Landscapes in Production” (with Laura Zampieri) and “Chronicle of a Mutationsemantics. The landscape of the project”.

Laura Zampieri is an architect who graduated from Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV), in Venice, where she also conducts research. She was a visiting professor in landscape architecture from 2004 to 2011 at the University of Trento, and from 2004 to 2013 at the University of Udine. Currently she teaches within the Department of Culture of the Project at IUAV, for the Masters in Landscape Architecture and Garden Design, and the Masters in Landscape Architecture at UPC, in Barcelona. Since 2011 she is also professor at the summer workshop for the Masters of Landscape Architecture at UPC (ACMA-UPC), in Lisbon. She recently wrote for the Quodlibet Journal editions, namely “Landscapes in production” (with Paulo Ceccon) and “Fora project in the landscape”.

Green Space in the Community

Public green space in the community refers to public space that is located in sections of residential land, often a space providing entertainment facilities and a place for the community to interact across various activities.

As one of the most important components of urban green space, public green space in the community makes a huge impact on the quality of residents’ daily lives, socially, environmentally, and for the overall health and well being of the community. With the rapid development of the urbanization process, people are paying much more attention to the construction of infrastructure in their living environments, thus the construction of public green space is steadily increasing on a larger scale. The construction of the green space not only helps improve the quality of residential living spaces and the level of public welfare, but these spaces also inspire residents’ participation and engagement within the community. This volume showcases the benefits and advantages of designing green space within the community, for the community. Set out with insightful and informative guidelines and established case studies for current trends, this book enhances the reader’s awareness of the current trends in the industry and the strategies employed by international landscape designers, urban planners and landscape architects from around the world.

Filled with glorious full-color photography, detailed diagrams and plans, this is a must-have guide for all design professionals looking to improve infrastructure and planning methodologies in urban environments.

ISBN: 9781864706536

Dimensions: 300mm x 240mm

Page Count: 224

Publication Date: May 2016

Colour: Full Colour

Steffan Robel, born in Pirmasens, Germany, is founder and executive director of A24 Landschaft. Robel studied landscape architecture at TU Berlin and at the Internationale Agrarische Hogeschool Larenstein in the Netherlands, as well as construction management in Weimar. He held various posts before creating A24 Landschaft in 2005. Robel worked as an instructor, teaching courses at HafenCity University Hamburg and at Hochschule Anhalt. His designs have won awards both in Germany and abroad; he has been a competition juror since 2006.

Sports Parks: Directions in Design for Recreational Zones

Open space, sport and outdoor recreation are important components of people’s lives.

They provide many cultural, social, economic and environmental benefits and contribute positively to physical and mental health. Everyone, particularly children, the elderly and those with disabilities, should have easy access to open space and the opportunity to participate in sport and outdoor recreational pursuits.

The primary purpose of sports parks is to provide for organized sports and physical activity. These spaces need to function with a high degree of organization and should cater for sports uses ranging from junior team training to major competitive events, at both the local and city-wide levels.

This impressive book features the newest directions for design projects from internationally renowned designers, and inspires with new and exciting ideas for sports park landscape design, showcased through informative guidelines, superb photography, detailed plans and step-by-step drawings.

Jim Barnum is President of Spectrum Skateparks Inc. and has over 18 years’ experience in concrete skatepark planning and design, project management and construction. He has worked as senior skatepark designer on over 160 award-winning projects in diverse climates, geographies and countries dealing with every aspect from initial planning through construction completion.

Jim was a sponsored, competition-level skateboarder, and still actively rides today. His design work is informed by 30 years of riding skateparks and iconic street and “natural terrain” spots across the world from the streets of Shanghai and Barcelona to the bowls, backyard pools and drainage ditches of southern California. Jim is internationally recognized as an innovator in his field, and is regularly called on to conduct seminars and workshops, as well as to write articles for books and magazines on skatepark development. His most recent award was an Award of Excellence from the Government of British Columbia for Creative Achievement in Applied Art and Design.

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